Florida man attacked by a ‘crazy squirrel’ gone nuts

Pythons don’t do it often. Alligators have tragically done it, but we know to be wary.

But unlike these creatures in the Florida Everglades and waterways, one pesky squirrel in Sarasota County is fighting way above its weight class.

Who knew, in Florida, we have to be on the lookout for attacking squirrels?

According to news reports, and a man with the wounds to prove it, a squirrel “has gone nuts” in the Florida town and, without provocation, attacked and bit the victim on the elbow and scratched him on the arm.

A surveillance video captured the attack.

“Frickin squirrel attacked me,” Robby Armstrong posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, a day after the rodent bit him. His security cameras caught the attack, one Armstrong said was not unusual in the neighborhood.

The squirrel, which he said was raised by his neighbors when it was a baby and then released, bit other residents. Among the other bite victims of the aggressive rodent: Armstrong’s stepson and adult members of the family that initially cared for it, News Channel 8 reported.

Armstrong had enough, he posted. “I chased him around and shot him with a BB gun about 10 times but he is still alive so be on the lookout for a crazy squirrel.”

On Wednesday, Armstrong told the Miami Herald he was “fine” and that the squirrel “is still roaming around.” trip because he needs the money to pay off child support, among other expenses.

Kelly is barred from leaving Illinois as a condition of his release on $1 million bond as he awaits trial on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He also surrendered his passport.

In a court filing Wednesday, Kelly’s lawyer, Steven Greenberg, said the singer signed a contract before his arrest last month to perform three to five shows in Dubai, located in the United Arab Emirates.

Kelly is supposed to meet with the royal family while he is there and plans to fly by private jet, according to the filing. Greenberg told The Chicago Tribune on Wednesday that the concert promoter will pick up that expense.

Greenberg said Kelly poses no risk to flee, noting that he never failed to appear in court when he faced child pornography charges in Cook County years ago. A jury acquitted Kelly of those charges in 2008.

The court filing said Kelly has been struggling financially as his reputation has come under increasing attack in recent months.